Decorating, Tablescaping, Before and Afters, Thrifty Finds, and Gardening
Welcome to the 220th Metamorphosis Monday! A while back I took you on a little tour of my home town. It was around Christmastime and the homes were decorated for the holidays. This house has always been one of my faves. It reminds me a little of the home in the movie, Father of the Bride. (You can tour that movie house here: Father of the Bride Movie House Tour) When I used this picture in a … [Read more...]
In April 2009 I posted a "garden party" table setting out on the porch. Do you remember this tablescape? The flower pots are actually Oreo "Dirt" Cheesecake dessert. The chargers for this setting were large terracotta saucers, the type that go under terracotta pots. The little elastic band on the garden gloves acted as napkin rings. (You can view this garden party table setting and get the … [Read more...]
Thanks so much for all the wonderful comments yesterday. I'm so looking forward to another 200 Tablescape Thursdays! Lately I've been sticking near home a lot. I'm determined to get all the posts at BNOTP categorized, tagged and labeled so I can make the switch to the new system to alleviate the issue some readers are having accessing posts via the category links. So every free second when I'm not … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 178th Metamorphosis Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was super productive. I had let a lot of things slide around here with all the preparations for the wedding and then the blog move, so today involved lots of basement cleaning, laundry, filing, organizing, plant watering, garage-light-bulb changing...you name it. It really felt good to get a few things done. The weekend wasn't … [Read more...]
Back in December of last year, I stopped by Nesting Place and found a fascinating post Nester had written about Pinterest. If you aren't familiar with Pinterest, you'll definitely want to check it out. Pinterest is a virtual "pin board," a place to pin anything you see online that inspires you or that you love and think you'll want to remember for a future project or just for fun. You can read more … [Read more...]
Recently, after learning Picnik was going away or moving to Google+ in mid-April, I went in search of some alternative photo editing sites. I posted the results of my search in a previous post, and as I have continued to find additional programs, I've been adding them to that original list. The list has grown now from 8 to 14 photo editing sites, so today I'm posting the original 8 with my most … [Read more...]
One of these days I'm going to write a post and title it: The 10 Things I Wish I Had Known When I First Began Blogging." If I ever write that post, "master the manual setting on my camera" will be at the very top of the list. In fact, it will probably be #1 on that list. As proof, let me give you exhibit A, this picture of my guest room below. Not only did I share this photo of my guest room, … [Read more...]
Happy Valentine's Day! Did you get a chance to visit the wonderful Before and Afters posted for yesterday's Met Monday? I was once again blown away by all the wonderful talent and creativity in Blogland! I started to name today's post, "Hijacked" because this post started out with one topic and it kind of morphed into something else. You'll see what I mean in a sec. If you've been reading BNOTP … [Read more...]
Would you like to create a blog button with a grab box underneath, so your blog friends can grab your button to display on their blog? A blog button with the button code displayed underneath is a quick way for those who read your blog to capture your blog button to display on their sidebar, giving them a quick link back to your blog. Creating a blog button can be a bit tricky. When I first … [Read more...]
Welcome to the 158th Metamorphosis Monday! Watermarking photos...that's a big metamorphosis I've just recently started making to photos you see here on BNOTP. In the past I never worried too much about placing a watermark on the photos I post. I loved it when folks used a photo and linked back to BNOTP. But recently readers of BNOTP have e-mailed me with links to tablescapes and other photos … [Read more...]
